st: RE: Reading multiple observations per line

. infile str1 sex v1-v3 using fraser.dat
This really is well covered by the online help.
Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
Raphael Fraser
> I would like to read a series of variables; group, x, y, and z, where
> there are several sets of observations per line. Here are some sample
> lines of data.
>
> T 12 22 1478 F 18 20 1278 F 13 28 1077
> T 11 33 1789 T 17 29 1122 F 19 39 1557
>
> How can this be done? I tried using the dictionary but I don't know
> how to tell Stata that the second observation starts at column 14 and
> the third starts column 27.
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